The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:
Commit-ID: f6a8919d61484ae9ca6b1855035fcfb2ba6e2af9
Gitweb:
https://git.kernel.org/tip/f6a8919d61484ae9ca6b1855035fcfb2ba6e2af9
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:47:48 -08:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
CommitterDate: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:03:09 +01:00
vmlinux.lds: Fix TEXT_MAIN to include .text.start and friends
Since:
6568f14cb5ae ("vmlinux.lds: Exclude .text.startup and .text.exit from
TEXT_MAIN")
the TEXT_MAIN macro uses a series of patterns to prevent the
.text.startup[.*] and .text.exit[.*] sections from getting
linked into the vmlinux runtime .text.
That commit is a tad too aggressive: it also inadvertently filters out
valid runtime text sections like .text.start and
.text.start.constprop.0, which can be generated for a function named
start() when -ffunction-sections is enabled.
As a result, those sections become orphans when building with
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION for arm:
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.text.start.constprop.0' from
`drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.o' being placed in section `.text.start.constprop.0'
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.text.start.constprop.0' from
`drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.o' being placed in section
`.text.start.constprop.0'
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.text.start' from
`drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv0910.o' being placed in section `.text.start'
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.text.start.constprop.0' from
`drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-sx8.o' being placed in section
`.text.start.constprop.0'
Fix that by explicitly adding the partial "substring" sections (.text.s,
.text.st, .text.sta, etc) and their cloned derivatives.
While this unfortunately means that TEXT_MAIN continues to grow,
these changes are ultimately necessary for proper support of
-ffunction-sections.
Fixes: 6568f14cb5ae ("vmlinux.lds: Exclude .text.startup and .text.exit from
TEXT_MAIN")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Link:
https://patch.msgid.link/cd588144e63df901a656b06b566855019c4a931d.1762991150.git.jpoim...@kernel.org
Closes:
https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index cc060ad..8f92d66 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@
* Support -ffunction-sections by matching .text and .text.*,
* but exclude '.text..*', .text.startup[.*], and .text.exit[.*].
*
- * .text.startup and .text.startup.* are matched later by INIT_TEXT.
- * .text.exit and .text.exit.* are matched later by EXIT_TEXT.
+ * .text.startup and .text.startup.* are matched later by INIT_TEXT, and
+ * .text.exit and .text.exit.* are matched later by EXIT_TEXT, so they must be
+ * explicitly excluded here.
*
* Other .text.* sections that are typically grouped separately, such as
* .text.unlikely or .text.hot, must be matched explicitly before using
@@ -100,16 +101,16 @@
#define TEXT_MAIN \
.text \
.text.[_0-9A-Za-df-rt-z]* \
- .text.s[_0-9A-Za-su-z]* \
- .text.st[_0-9A-Zb-z]* \
- .text.sta[_0-9A-Za-qs-z]* \
- .text.star[_0-9A-Za-su-z]* \
- .text.start[_0-9A-Za-tv-z]* \
- .text.startu[_0-9A-Za-oq-z]* \
+ .text.s[_0-9A-Za-su-z]* .text.s .text.s.* \
+ .text.st[_0-9A-Zb-z]* .text.st .text.st.* \
+ .text.sta[_0-9A-Za-qs-z]* .text.sta .text.sta.* \
+ .text.star[_0-9A-Za-su-z]* .text.star .text.star.* \
+ .text.start[_0-9A-Za-tv-z]* .text.start .text.start.* \
+ .text.startu[_0-9A-Za-oq-z]* .text.startu .text.startu.* \
.text.startup[_0-9A-Za-z]* \
- .text.e[_0-9A-Za-wy-z]* \
- .text.ex[_0-9A-Za-hj-z]* \
- .text.exi[_0-9A-Za-su-z]* \
+ .text.e[_0-9A-Za-wy-z]* .text.e .text.e.* \
+ .text.ex[_0-9A-Za-hj-z]* .text.ex .text.ex.* \
+ .text.exi[_0-9A-Za-su-z]* .text.exi .text.exi.* \
.text.exit[_0-9A-Za-z]*
/*
